Device for transmitting power



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J. EVANS, DEVIOE FOR TRANSMITTING POWER.

No. 529,252. Patented Nov'. 13, 1894.

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JAMES EVANS, OF LINN GROVE, IOWA.

DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING POWER.

SZPEGIFICATIFON forming part of Letters Patent No. 529,252, datedNovember 13, 1894.

Application filed June 12, 1894:- Serial No. 514| (N0 e -3 To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES EVANS, of Linn Grove, in the county of BuenaVista and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Device forTransmittingPower, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription. I

My invention relates to improvements in that class of devices which areadapted to transmit power from one point to another; and the object ofmy invention is to produce a very simple and flexible device of thiskind, which is particularly adapted for transmitting power from the pumprod of an ordinary windmill to a washing machine, churn, or other lightmachine; 'which is arranged and adapted to pass around corners andangles so as to be connected with a machine in any desired locality andwhich, when not in use for power purposes, has a line adapted for use asan ordinary clothes line.

To these ends my invention consists of certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a broken side elevation, partly in section, of my improvedapparatus as applied to the pump rod of a windmill and a washing machineof the oscillating type. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a modified formof the device; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the snap hookused for connecting the operating line with the machine.

In the drawings, 10 represents the ordinary windmill tower in which isheld the vertically reciprocating pump rod 11 of the usual kind, andthis, of course, may be actuated by any kind of a wind mill.

To the pumprod is attached a rope 12 which extends over a guide pulley13 on the tower and is secured to an oscillating lever let which isfulcrumed at one end, as shown at 15 and is supported on a post 16,although it may be secured to any convenient support:

To the free end of the lever 1.4 is secured the transmitting wire 17;which is also used as a clothes line, as hereinafter described,

and which extends through the top of a supporting post 18 and connectswith a rope 19 extending through a hole in the house 20, which hole maybe made in the door casing, window casing, or in any other convenientpart of the house, and the rope extends over a guide pulley 21 on abracket 22 and is secured by means of a snap hook 23 to a ring 23 on thewashing machine 24, so that the upward movement of the rope pulls up oneend of the washing machine, while the machine is moved in the oppositedirection by a spring 25 which is connected to the machine and also tothe floor below. I

It will be seen that when the pump rod 11' is moved downward it willpull on the rope l2, lever 14:, wire 17 and rope 19 so as to lift oneend of the washing machine, and on the return stroke of the pump rod,the spring 25 pulls the washing machine down and takes up the slackofthe rope and wire, which form a continuous line connection between thepump rod and machine.

It will be observed that the connection between the wire 17 and rope 12,by means of the lever 14, is such that an increased stroke is given tothe wire 17 and, by regulating the length of the lever and the relativepoints of connection of the rope and wire, any necessary stroke may begiven to the latter.

The snap hook 23 is like an ordinary snap hook, except that it has alooped spring clutch 26 secured to its shank and adapted to engage therope 19 and clamp the same against the shank. Thus the rope may bereadily disengaged and may be adjusted so as to make the tension right.

The snap hook may be disengaged from the ring 23 when the machine is inoperation, by simply lifting the machine and disengaging the hook, andthus the machine may be stopped Without stopping the windmill.

It will be understood that any other machine, operated by the up anddown movement imparted by the rope and spring, may be worked by thedevice as well as the washing machine. It will also be understood thatan ordinary rope may be substituted for the Wire 17 if desired.

To prevent lightning from entering the house in case the tower or lineshould be struck, a wire 27 is connected with the inner end of the wire17 and run to the ground so as to ground the current before it can enterthe house.

In Flg. 2 I have shown a slightly modified form of the device, in whichthe wire 17 is connected directly with a tilting bell crank 28 which isjournaled on the tower and is pivoted to the pump rod 11. Fig. 2 alsoshows how the transmitting line may be extended around the corner of ahouse and, as illustrated, the rope 19 travels over a guide pulley 29 onthe corner of the house 20 and thence over a second guide pulley 30 andthrough a hole in the door casing, Where it is adapted to connect withthe washing machine, as already described.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination,with the transmitting line and mechanism for imparting thereto alongitudinal movement in one direction, of a 25 spring secured to astationary support and operatively connected with the line to move it inthe opposite direction from the driving mechanism, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination, with an oscillating de- 30 vice and a spring securedthereto and to a stationary support, of a transmitting line secured tothe said oscillating device, and means for imparting to'the said line alongitudinal movement in one direction, substantially as 35

